The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-15
CITY NOTES.
WHOLE HOG OR NONE.
If you are bound to steal,
Then steal big.
Don't smuggle off a ham,
Steal the pig.


Steal the pig.
The tickets for the rattle Of Mr.. Re mu-
sat's fine book case are on sale at Mr.. j..
III. Haughton's drug store.
The weather Sunday ami yesterday
was cloudy, showery, AMI in other ways
disagreeable. The rain was very much
needed, and a little more would not come
amiss.
The regatta of the st. Johns Yacht
Club will take place tins afternoon at
2:30 p. IN. Start to- be made upon the
firing of signal, from stake boat an
chored just off from Capt. Lucas boat
house.
The health Of Palatka was never better
at this season of the year than now, and
the prospect is good for a healthy year.
The streets and bitches are being put in
splendid condition, and the sanitary state
of the town is much better than it was a
short while since.
Our city is SO quiet and orderly of late
that the Police Court has abont sus-
pended operations for WI mt Of patron
age. We have remarkably few druuks
and the people are in such good humor
that they never fall out and fight.
Sunday night burglars entered the
store of Mr.. c.. III. GIlchrist, at Welaka
and robbed it of lot of clothing and
other goods. We did not learn the ac-
tual amount lost, but we hope to- hear
of the arrest of the thieves in Il short
time.
We have received the first issue of the
Jacksonville Price current and FTori,if
Trade JoHrndi." published weekly 10y
Mr.. Chas. DaCosta. 1t il neatly printed
and carefully edited journal, and will no
doubt meet the success it is justly en-
titled to-.
On Saturday night Mr.. Arthur Merry
day caned this reporter. The cane was a
very handsome one. and made of mis-
finely favored tally. The tally was very
good, but the usefulness of the cane was
marred somewhat by being showed up
on Sunday.
Mr.. Hollingshead, proprietor of the
hotel at Conant, was in town yesterday.
He informs us that he has a large mum
Der of the missing tourists at his house.
He says also that they are max ing prepa-
rations down there to take care of at
least five thousand people at the Lake
Weir Chautauqua.
On Sunday last the steamer Georgia
carried an excursion party from DraytOn
Island and way landings To ST. Angus
tine. There were about 100 excursionists.
and all report good time. The rain
interfered somewhat with the pleasure
of the trip, but no one, so far as we
have learned, regrets having gone.
We acknowledge the receipt Of a
complimentary ticket to the South
Florida Exhibition, which opens toeday
at Orlando, and will continue through
the week. The exhibition will be very
interesting, and will show what the soil
of South Florida Will produce. The rail
roads will sell reduced-rate tickets dur
ing the Exhibition.
On Saturday night just as the freight
train on the j., T. & X. w. Railway was
entering Palatka Heights it was run into
by the pay train of that road. The ca
boose of the freight train was lifted on
top of one of the freight boxes, and
brought to town that way. But little
damage was done, except to the caboose,
and no one was hurt.
The Seville Independent says: Mr.. B.
j. Grooms, the well-known baker and
grocer, of Palatka, is having the east
store of the Mason Young brick block fit
ted up by Mr.. J. III. Hubbell, for imme-
diate occupancy. He will put in a com
plete stock of choice family and staple
groceries and receive daily supplies of all
the products of his large bakeries in Pa